ADENIKE, MERCY AJAYI and TEMILADE, AFOLASADE OLATUNJI (2020) THE 21ST CENTURY NIGERIAN WOMEN AND MARITAL CHALLENGES IN CHIKA UNIGWE’S NIGHT DANCER. In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, ILARO, 10-12 NOVEMBER 2020, ILARO. (Unpublished)
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Nigerian women writers at home and in the diaspora have been presenting contemporary women against the background of the traditional representation of women. Chika Unigwe is one of the contemporary Nigerian women writers who have been re-imaging women within the context of modernity and civilisation. Unigwe’s Night Dancer is a novel which presents 21st Century female characters who find it difficult to remain in marriage. The novel’s thematic focus interrogates women’s status in marriage and society, through the characters of Adanma, Ezi and Rapu. The representation of these women reveals that 21st Century society has evolved with different perceptions and understandings of marriage and marital issues. The content analysis of the novel with the tenets of radical feminism reveals that Unigwe intones that men will always be men and women will always be women no matter the situation. The Twenty-first Century women, through education and modernity, have found it difficult to come to terms with some experiences in their marriages and for this reason, most of them become frustrated and unsatisfied with their respective marriages. Key words: Chika Unigwe’s Night Dancer, 21st Century marriage, characterisation in Night Dancer, women and family disintegration
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Management |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email [email protected] |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Apr 2023 12:18 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2023 12:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/2260 |
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